Observer States

HR Court: On-the-Spot Investigation in the case of Ilaşcu and Others v. Moldova and Russia[18/03/2003]

A delegation of the European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) took evidence from 43 witnesses in Chişinău and Tiraspol (Moldova) between 10 and 15 March in the case of Ilaşcu and Others v. Moldova and Russia. The applicants had been convicted in 1993 of various crimes by a court of the ''Moldovan Republic of Transdniestria'', a region of Moldova which had declared its independence in 1991 but is not recognised by the international community. The judgment was subsequently declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Moldova but three of the applicants are still being detained in Transdniestria
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